Hodgman Government quiet on 'danger doctor'

Will Hodgman's government is refusing to say if it is doing anything about an allegedly dangerous doctor working in the state hospital system.

THE Hodgman Government is still refusing to say if it will do anything about an allegedly dangerous doctor in the hospital system.

A whistleblower has made serious allegations about the doctor's past work on the mainland, as revealed in The Advocate on Tuesday.

Palmer United Senator Jacqui Lambie has called on the government to suspend the doctor, pending a judicial inquiry.

Asked if the doctor had been suspended, pending results of an investigation, the government would only say: ``We have received the letter from Senator Jacqui Lambie and it is inappropriate to comment further.''

The government last week received the letter from Senator Lambie on the subject, detailed material from the whistleblower and other information.

Senator Lambie has kept the option open of naming the doctor and revealing further details during her upcoming maiden speech.